Exclamation Point, a half to Classic Empire, won impressively yesterday at Oaklawn. I saw the race and that colt has so much talent that he was able to run greenly, switch to the wrong lead and still pull away. Can't wait to see the flashy chestnut's next race.https://www.paulickreport.com/news/bloo ... t-oaklawn/

Ziconic (Tapit x Zenyatta) is trying once more to break his maiden in the upcoming 1st race at Santa Anita. The field appears to have a lot of expensive/well-bred horseflesh trying to do the same, with horses by Frankel, War Front, Fastnet Rock, Scat Daddy and Silent Name joining Zen's boy in the gate,

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:Ziconic (Tapit x Zenyatta) is trying once more to break his maiden in the upcoming 1st race at Santa Anita. The field appears to have a lot of expensive/well-bred horseflesh trying to do the same, with horses by Frankel, War Front, Fastnet Rock, Scat Daddy and Silent Name joining Zen's boy in the gate,

The Frankel, Frankincense, who finished third, is out of a half sister to Excelebration (IRE), Lancaster Bomber, and Mull of Killough (IRE).

The War Front in the race, Combat Zone, was a $450k Keeneland purchase and is a full brother to graded stakes placed Doctor Chit. He finished second to last.

All Out Blitz and Ax Man dueled on the front for much of the race, setting some pretty fast fractions. They both had nothing left in the stretch, finishing way behind Kanthaka. Even 2nd-place Nero ran better than Ax Man.
Not sure where Baffert goes with the Misremembered colt after today. Is the race a toss, is he better off sprinting...or will we see a different jockey on him next time?